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NewsEast Asian writers step up pressure on CBBC
Campaigning group assembles talent directory in its drive to push for a representative team on sitcom Living with the Lams
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NewsC4 pumps £1m into short-form comedy
Broadcaster unveils Sparks initiative and doubles Blaps budget
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NewsTrump spearheads Urban Myths
US president features in third run alongside Madonna and Paul McCartney
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NewsChris Sussman to leave BBC Studios
Comedy Unit chief to oversee one final production before moving on
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NewsITV lines up Dawn French drama
Glass Houses will be produced by Sophie Clarke-Jervoise’s Genial Productions
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NewsSpelthorne sets growth plan
C4-backed indie develops project with Shaun The Sheep creator and targets factual opportunities
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NewsDerry Girls creator hails gender breakthrough
Lisa McGee claims progress is being made in female representation
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NewsInbetweeners duo strike BBC football comedy
Iain Morris and Damon Beesley land six-part order for Afternoons
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NewsBBC Scotland eyes local talent
Content chief Steve Carson hopes new channel will act as a springboard for young creatives
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NewsThe Play That Goes Wrong reimagined for BBC1
Mischief Screen secures debut commission from Shane Allen
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NewsUnions speak out over CBBC sitcom
Writers Guild and Equity weigh in over representation of East Asians on Twenty Twenty show
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NewsHome From Home indie hires Kieran Roberts
Former Corrie boss joins Rebecca Papworth’s CanCan Productions
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NewsDark days loom for ITV comedy
Producers, writers and rival execs lament lost opportunity as Lygo turns to Corrie for laughs
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NewsCBBC under fire over Chinese sitcom
Protests over “racialized pigeon-holing” of first Chinese-led children’s show in nine years
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NewsE4 buys US family comedy
ABC’s Speechless, starring Minnie Driver as mother of a child with cerebral palsy, comes to UK
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NewsITV wields axe on comedies
Kevin Lygo has no plans to replace Birds Of A Feather or Jack Dee’s Bad Move
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NewsUK drama pushes high-end TV spend beyond £1bn
Spend on domestic shows grew by one-fifth in 2018